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Library resources related to psychology and brain science..
C-level Reference
Note: Books have been moved off-site for the renovation. If you need a book, find it in the catalog and request it.
Browse in the Science Reference collection on C-level to find reference works that deal with psychology, the brain, and neuroscience. Click on the call numbers and you'll be able to see how they break down further so you can browse the circulating books in the shelves.
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BFBF contains books about psychology, including emotions, attitudes, developmental psychology, and cognition.
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QPQP is the big section about physiology. But anything between QP351 and QP459 is brain chemistry, neuroscience, or the senses.
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RCPsychiatry is embedded in the RC section. You can find the psychiatry books between RC321 and RC571.
Research Methods
An extensive, comprehensive online resource filled with in-depth, step-by-step descriptions of how and when to conduct specific types of research. It covers all the widely used (and some rarer) qualitative and quantitative techniques.
Encyclopedias/Reference
Search background material for explanations of concepts and terms.
(All of these are online.)
Selected Print Psychology Reference Books
These are a few of our bigger reference sets about psychology.
Please request the volumes you want through the library catalog.
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Handbook of PsychologyCall Number: Eisenhower C Level Reference, Non-Circulating BF121.H1955 2003ISBN: 9780471176695A 12-volume set, with each volume focusing on a specific area within psychology, including Biological Psychology, Assessment Psychology, and Research Methods in Psychology. The print books can only be used in the Eisenhower Library and cannot be checked out.This book is also available as an e-book. Click on the title to view online. -
Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological AssessmentCall Number: Eisenhower C Level Reference, Non-Circulating BF176.C654 2004his four volume set has volumes about Intellectual and Neuropsychological Assessment, Personality Assessment, Behavioral Assessment, and Industrial/Organizational Assessment. These books can only be used in the Eisenhower Library and cannot be checked out. -
The SensesCall Number: Eisenhower C Level Reference, Non-Circulating QP431.S4425 2008ISBN: 9780126394825This is a 6-volume set. Volumes 1 and 2 cover Vision. Other volumes cover Audition, Olfaction & Taste, Pain, and Somatosensation. These books can only be used in the Eisenhower Library and cannot be checked out.
